The Role of Sociocultural Background on the Characteristics and the Financing of Youth Entrepreneurship. An Exploratory Study of University Graduates in Italy

Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 244-259

  Campanella, Francesco ^a   Della Peruta, Maria Rosaria ^a   Del Giudice, Manlio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Academic education path; Family background; Funding relationship; Graduate entrepreneurship; Innovation; University infrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890019499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18687873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13132-013-0157-4     Document Type: Article

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